Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Bits and Pieces

Since the purchase of my embroidery machine I have started saving bits and pieces from sewing scraps.  I never kept the tiny pieces before.  Now a new world of appliqué was open to me and I found those tiny little pieces were very useful.  A piece as small as an inch can be used when using machine embroidery, so having the right color of a snippet of fabric took on a new meaning.  As the tiny bits and pieces started to pile up they became a real pain.  I could not find what I wanted or even remember what I had available for a certain project.    So this is the solution I have come up with for now and it seem to be working. I use little plastic baggies, sort the scraps by color or theme and put it in the bag.  Then the bag goes into a container.  Each time I   am done with cutting out a project, I collect the pieces that can be used for appliqué put in a bag and file with the others.

2011_0201stuff0004  2011_0201stuff0005 I admit I have a few of these containers filled with scraps.

They are easy to store and have made searching for just the right piece of fabric easy.

2 comments:

  1. Good idea! Will we ever find the perfect way to organize all of our sewing stuff?
    Now that I started making the mug rugs, I can find more use for small scraps. Geez! Does it ever end?

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  2. I don't think we will ever find the perfect solution for all that stuff.
    I had to go check your blog to see what a mug rug was. LOL, say that three times.

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